You can order 1 TB machines AND it’s flash not spinning hard drive http://www.apple.com/au/macbook-pro/specs-retina/
Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 [email protected] <x-msg://299/[email protected]> http://web.mac.com/blitto <http://web.mac.com/blitto> I don't have a big ego, I'm way too cool for that. > On 21 Oct 2015, at 10:23 pm, Rob Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone > > I'm a little bit confused/annoyed. > > I bought my 15" Macbook pro (2.6 GHz I7 4 core, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD) late in > 2012. > > Since my 3 year Applecare is running out, and the machine is slowing down, > I'm looking at 'upgrading' to a new laptop. > > I went in to Macworx today to see what was available. The top end machine > available was a 15" 3.1GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, 16Gb RAM and 512GB > 'storage'. > > Most of the tech specs seem hardly changed - what happened to Moore's Law? > The price doesn't seem to have changed much either - if anything it has gone > up. What is even more disturbing is that the storage has decreased from 1Tb > to 512Gb - in the top-end machine! Are they serious??? > > My current system uses 650Gb - 350 Gb in photos. I can't upgrade without > splitting up photo libraries or deleting old photos. This is 1990s thinking, > and the Apple hardware is forcing me backwards. In almost 30 years of Mac > use, I can't recall storage capacity going down. > > What are my options for a portable machine which exceeds to capability of my > current machine? A few years ago I heard that it is possible to install OSX > on non Mac hardware. Is this still an option? > > Hoping for some creative solutions... > Rob > > -- > Adjunct Associate Professor Rob Phillips > School of Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Western AUSTRALIA > [email protected] Phone: +61 (0)416 065 054 > Life member, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary > Education > Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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